West Texas A&M senior Chontiquah White and sophomore Sasha Watson highlighted the 2015 Lone Star Conference Women’s Basketball Awards Banquet Tuesday evening as White was named LSC Player of the Year and Watson was named Defensive Player of the Year.

The Lady Buffs were set to open Lone Star Conference play last weekend by mother nature had other plans as the four-game LSC series in Stephenville against Tarleton State was cancelled due to inclement weather in the DFW area

The West Texas A&M men’s basketball team will be back in action this Thursday, March 5, as it begins the 2015 Lone Star Conference Tournament with a first round/quarterfinal matchup against No. 4 seed Texas A&M-Commerce.

The top ranked Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M went 3-1 at this past weekend’s 2015 Lady Buff Invite at Schaeffer Park. They move to 13-2 overall as they begin Lone Star Conference play this weekend in Stephenville.

The Buffs originally were scheduled to begin spring practice Tuesday, Feb. 24, but have decided to push the spring season back a week and now will begin on Tues., Mar. 3 at 4 p.m. at the practice fields.